Address
47 Helwick Street, Wanaka, Otago, 9305, New Zealand
Federal Diner in Otago Menu
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BREAKFAST- Cheese or Date Scones (World famous in Wanaka) $4.50
- (C) Bacon & cheese $9.00
- (B) Jam & butter $4.50
- (A) Plain $4.00
- Croissant:
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Totally Nuts $10.00
- Grilled banana bread with cashew nut butter
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Winter Warmer $12.00
- Porridge with chai spiced stewed fruits & cream
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The Monk $19.00
- Eggs Benedict with bacon & roasted tomato
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The Buddha $19.00
- Eggs Benedict with spinach, mushrooms & roasted tomato
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Betty's Bacon Butty $10.00
- Bacon, egg & relish
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Brossie's Bun $11.00
- Halloumi, grilled tomato, spinach & relish
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Social Climber $13.00
- Organic eggs fried or poached with roasted tomato on crusty bread - add free farmed streaky bacon $5.00
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Hawea Flat $18.00
- Spinach, mushrooms, roasted tomato & halloumi on polenta cake
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PinaCoco $19.00
- Caramelised pineapple hotcake with coconut yoghurt & lime
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Comfort Kedgeree $19.00
- Smoked salmon, mild Indian spiced rice & poached egg
LUNCHTIME CLASSICS-
Lone Ranger $17.00
- Waitoa free range roast chicken sandwich on ciabatta with aioli, caramelised onion & brie
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Roti 'n' Roll $14.00
- Pulled pork roti roll with hoisin, coriander, spring onion & pickled chilli
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Wunder Burg $20.00
- Homemade beef pattie with smoked cheese, caramelised onions, gherkins, salad & french fries with chipotle mayonnaise
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Pure Wisdom $16.00
- Ancient grain salad with cranberries, almonds, lemon & mint dressing (Vegan)
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Roast It $19.00
- Roast carrot salad with goat's cheese puree, preserved lemon dressing, dukkah & flatbread
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The Chowder Pie $21.00
- Smoked salmon, prawn, leek & potato pie with green salad
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Soul Soup $18.00
- Waitoa free range chicken & ginger broth, vermicelli noodles, seasame, chilli & spring onions
EXTRAS- Hollandaise $1.00
- Tomatoes, mushrooms, 1 organic egg, avocado or halloumi $3.00
- Free farmed bacon, Waitoa free range chicken or smoked salmon $5.00
- French fries with tomato chilli relish & aioli $9.00
- Mixed salad with balsamic $10.00
- Gluten free bread add $1.00
KIDS- Egg or bacon on toast (+ $3.00 for scrambled) $5.00
- Fruit plate $9.00
- Hot cake with maple & banana $10.00
- Peanut butter & banana on toast $5.00
- Flatbread pizza with salami $8.00
- Beef burger & fries $14.00
Nearby Sample Menus
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Massaman Curry $18.00 / $18.50 / $19.50
- A mild curry cooked in coconut cream, potatoes, vegetables, ginger and peanuts. Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetables & Tofu / Seafood / Prawn
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Sweet Chilli Pork Salad $18.00
- Meat slices covered with a seasoning of sweet chilli sauce, garlic, lemon slices and fresh coriander. Pork
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Red Curry $18.00 / $18.50 / $19.50
- Succulent cuts of meat or seafood cooked in coconut cream and fresh vegetables. Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetables & Tofu / Seafood / Prawn
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Sweet and Sour $18.00 / $18.50 / $19.50
- A real tasty special sweet and sour sauce cooked with vegetables and pineapple. Pork, Battered Chicken or Vegetables & Tofu / Seafood / Prawn or Battered Fish
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Cashew Nut Stir Fry $18.00 / $18.50 / $19.50
- An abundance of fresh vegetables and cashew nuts – very popular. Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetables & Tofu / Seafood / Prawn
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Vietnamese Salad $18.50 / $19.50
- Mint, lime juice, fish sauce and fresh coriander flavours, mixed with chopped cucumber, carrots, red onion and tomato. Served with thin slices of crispy kumara. Chicken or Pork / Prawn
- Chicken, Beef, Pork, Peanut Sauce, Vegetables, Steamed Rice $3.00
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Spicy Fried Rice $17.50 / $18.00 / $18.50
- Fried rice cooked with special curry paste and spices blended to enhance the traditional favourites. Chicken, Beef, Pork or Vegetables & Tofu / Seafood or Combination / Prawn
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BANGERS & MASH $16.50
- Old man Winter is here, and that means it’s time for two beautiful sausages, creamy mashed potato, plenty of cider gravy, crisp peas, a slice of garlic toasted ciabatta, and a grilled BBQ tomato
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THE F.A.T. 250 $28.00
- This feed is not for the faint of heart: 250g of Prime NZ porterhouse steak served with garlic herb potatoes, pan fried broccoli (and whatever vegetables fall off the truck), finished with jus, streaky bacon, and tangy, onion jam. Or your classic Steak, Eggs & Chips etc!
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CHICKEN WRAP $18.50
- Our wraps are legend here at the FAT, and with good reason, lettuce and salad goodies, avocado salsa, house-cured BBQ pickles, aioli and sweet chilli, wrapped up in a crisp, cheesytortilla with crisp crumbled strips of chicken, And because we love you, we’ll add fries, Tommy, and sour cream on the side >>
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PASTA O’ THE DAY $19.00
- Nothing silences the stomach grumbles like a bowl of pasta. Ask the staff what Mental Mike came up with for today’s pasta. Whatever it is, I’ll be hot, scrummy, and it’ll come with garlic toasted ciabatta bread >>
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BEEF BURGER $19.00
- This towering monstrosity of a burger is a jaw-dropper – 100% beef patty, thick-cut cheddar, streaky bacon, fried egg, tomato relish, stacked up on lettuce, salad goodies, tomato, house pickles, aioli. Served in a gourmet toasted garlic bun with fries, Tommy, and a crisp onion ring
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BEER BATTERED FISH & CHIPS $18.00
- Michelle likes everything to be perfect, and that is never more apparent than with her beer batter: Back to basics I say Fish, chips, salad, aioli, tomato sauce and lemon(WITH BLUE COD $27)
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CLASSIC CHICKEN PARM $20.00
- The locals would riot if we took this off the menu. Butterflied breast of chicken, coated in our super-crispy secret coating, smothered in our house made tomato relish, topped with cheese and baked until ooey-gooey. Served with steak fries, and a crisp garden side salad
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HAM & MUSHROOM CHICKEN SNITZEL $23.00
- Herb crusted breast of chicken, smothered in a ham, mushroom, and basil pesto infused cream cheese, topped with mozzarella & baked until bubbly. Served over chunky garlic herb potato, sautéed broccoli, and whatever else we pulled out of Jeff’s garden this morning
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Kensi Burgers $16.50
- Your choice of 180g beef patty OR cajun chicken breast with tomato, lettuce, cheese, homemade onion rings, and bacon - with chunky steak fries & aioli
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Blue Cod $20.00
- Beer battered Blue Cod fillets served with fresh salad, chunky steak fries, tartare sauce & lemon
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Nachos $15.00
- Your choice of beef or vegetarian nachos, with crisp corn chips, grilled cheese, fresh salsa, and sour cream
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Chilli Garlic Prawns $16.00
- Pan-fried in garlic butter & tasty chilli sauce (also available hot), served on a crisp salad
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Corn Fritters $18.00
- Stacked with streaky bacon and tomato relish, served with a fresh salad
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Soup of the Day $8.00
- Today's flavours served with ciabatta & butter
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Open Sandwiches $18.00
- Your choice of either Char-grilled Sirloin Steak, Cajun Chicken breast, or BLT. All served on toasted focaccia with lettuce, tomato, beer battered onion rings, BBQ sauce, aioli, and a side of chunky steak fries.
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All Day Breakfast $18.00
- Streaky bacon, hash browns, free range eggs, lamb sausage, grilled tomato, mushrooms, and ciabatta
- Panfried salmon don $14.00
- Beef $12.50
- Ton kastu egg don $12.50
- Roast pork and tofu $11.90
- Chicken Karage (with curry) $11.50
- Combination $11.90
- Chicken $11.50
- Singaporean noodles: Your choice of chicken, roast pork, or beef $11.50
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Extras: $4.00
- Mushrooms, potatoes, hash browns, eggs, bacon, beans, spinach, toast, sausage, tomatoes
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Fries $7.50
- Served with aioli and tomato sauce
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Porridge $10.50
- Cream and brown sugar or yoghurt compote and honey
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Toast: white $6.00
- Wholemeal or fruit served with spreads
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Beanie bene $17.50
- Bacon or salmon or mushroom and spinach with potato cake, poached eggs and lemon hollandaise
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Homemade toasted muesli $12.00
- Compote fruit, organic yoghurt and honey
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Battered blue $17.00
- Cod served with chips and tartare sauce
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Chicken salad $17.00
- Bacon, cos lettuce, parmesan, poached eggs, croutons and aioli
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Caesar Salad (GF available) (V) $18.50
- Cos lettuce, garlic roasted croutons, crispy bacon and shaved parmesan bound in our own Caesar dressing and topped off with a soft-boiled egg.
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Black Peak Chocolate and Raspberry Brownie $12.90
- Rich chocolate and raspberry brownie drizzled with chocolate sauce and raspberry coulis. Served with real vanilla ice cream, cream and topped with macadamia nut praline
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Farm House Paté $17.90
- Chicken liver and bacon pate topped with a red current and orange jelly. Served with hot toast.
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Musterer’s Big Breakfast $18.00
- Two fried eggs on toasted ciabatta with bacon, sausages, hash browns, grilled mushrooms and tomato
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Beer Battered Onion Rings (V) $10.90
- Served with aioli
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Cheesecake of the Day $12.90
- Served with whipped cream
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Catch of the Day $29.90
- Please see your server for today’s offerings.
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Gluten Free Ice Cream Sundae $9.90
- Wanaka’s PURE New Zealand Vanilla ice cream served with homemade chocolate fudge sauce and sprinkles
- Vegetable Curry Soup $4 Sm / $7 Med / $18 Lge
- Venison on Hot Plate $15 Large / $12 Small
- Set Menus for Two
- Spicy Pork Mince with Green Beans $15 Large / $11 Small
- Prawn with Broccoli $18 Large / $10 Small
- Fried Stuffed Bean Curd (Deep Fried) $15 Large / $11 Small
- Spicy Vegetable Chow Mein $12 Medium / $9 Small
- Crispy Skin Chicken $13 Large / $11 Small
- Chunky Fries $5
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Fettuccini Pasta $10
- in a creamy tomato sauce, roasted capsicum, olives and parmesan - add chicken $5
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Steak S/W $10
- caramelised onions, lettuce and hollandaise sauce with fries - add double steak $5
- Wedges with Sour Cream and Sweet Chilli $7
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Prawn Risotto $10
- with tender leeks and spring onions, finished with a paprika oil
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Calamari Salad $10
- with crisp greens, tomato and red onion served with a citrus aioli
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Beef Burger $10
- Lettuce, cheese, beetroot, aioli and BBQ sauce with fries - add extra bacon $3, pattie $4
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Open Pocket Pita $10
- with tendered beef strips, house made coleslaw, lettuce and hummus served with fries
- Steamed Green Vegetables $10.00
- Yukkie $3.00
- Real Chocolate Ice Cream Sundae $12.00
- Chicken, Bacon & Mushroom in a light Creamy Basil Pesto Sauce with House Spaghetti $28.00
- Smoked salmon, cream cheese, courgette, capers, with lemon aioli
- Housemade Gnocchi with Tomato, Chilli, Basil, Olive & Caper Sauce with Ricotta and Parmesan Cheese $26.00
- Smoked chicken, avocado, brie, red onion & cranberry sauce
- Small $19.00
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Smashed avo 2 $17
- Smashed Avo 1 plus 2 poached eggs. Amaze.
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Eggs on toast $11
- Free Range Eggs Any Style on Five Grain or Ciabatta
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Smashed avo 1 $13
- Smashed avocado and cherry tomatoes on five grain toast w/ wedge of lemon.
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Vege eggs benedict $17
- The earthy version.. Served with Grilled Mushrooms and Wilted Spinach and, of course, delicious hollandaise
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Gluten free $3
- Breakfasts containing bread can be made with gluten free bread
- - Full serving $12
- - Half serving $8
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Add extras $5
- - Bacon (3) / Mushrooms/ Grilled Halloumi (3) / Cold Smoked Salmon/ Hashbrowns (3)
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Chunky Steak
- A prime cut of beef cooked till tender in a rich brown gravy, nestled in a bed of golden crispy pastry.
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Creamy Vegetable
- A parcel of six fresh garden vegetables, hand picked and coated in a creamy cheese sauce, embraced in crispy golden pastry.
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Classic Mince
- Lean beef mince cooked in a rich brown gravy, wrapped in a golden crispy pastry.
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Steak, Cheese n Bacon
- Smoky range bacon blended with juicy chunks of steak and doused in creamy Colby cheese, nestled in a crisp pastry surround.
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Steak n Cheese
- Colby cheese melted with prime cuts of chunky beef blanketed in crunchy golden pastry.
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Famous Mutton
- Juicy mutton seasoned with spices and surrounded in short crust pastry.
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Steak n Cheese
- Colby cheese melted on our lean beef mince cooked in rich brown gravy blanketed in crunchy golden pastry.
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Satay Chicken
- Tender breasts of chicken smothered in smooth satay sauce, wrapped in pastry and baked till golden and crisp.
- Steak fries $5.00
- Buttered mushrooms $3.50
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Chicken mousselini $12.00
- bite sized chicken and herb mousselini with a cranberry salsa and salad greens
- Special angus sauce $2.50
- Caramelized onions $3.00
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Prawns and calamari $14.00
- prawn cutlets and calamari sauteed in garlic butter, lime and sichuan pepper and served on a bed of wild and basmati rice
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Double angus $37.00
- 300g angus pure beef sirloin and an angus beef sausage served with mash potato, caramelised onions, fried egg and a beef jus
- Mashed potato $3.50
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PULLED PORK TORTILLAS $18.00
- served with a bean salsa, guacamole and sour cream
- - SPINACH $16.50
- SIDES $4.00
- -TOMATO
- - BACON $17.00
- -Aioli, Hollandaise $2.00
- - SALMON $18.50
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FRENCH TOAST $16.00
- on Ciabatta , bacon, banana and maple syrup
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GIBBSTON VALLEY CHEESES $10/32
- All made at the Gibbston Valley Cheesery, choose individual cheeses or a board of all four, served with our homemade crackers, sourdough, pickles & relishes: Glenroy Cheddar; Balfour Sheep’s Cheese; Kawarau Blue; Maasdam
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BBQ CARDRONA LAMB RIBS $17/30
- Local merino lamb marinated in harissa & chargrilled, babaganoush, cumin yoghurt
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TOASTED HOMEMADE BREAD (V) $11.00
- Selection of our white and wholemeal sourdough, brioche, butter, homemade jam (v)
- Roast wild thyme mushrooms (v); Grilled tomatoes (v); Potato & parsnip rosti (v) $5.00
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PEAR & BLUE CHEESE SALAD (V) $16/28
- Pear, blue cheese, celery & walnut salad with honey mustard dressing
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WAKANUI BLUE SIRLOIN STEAK (300G) $38.00
- Available with blue cheese sauce or paprika & herb butter (sauce $4)
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SMOKED COD FISHCAKES $16/28
- Polenta-crumbed fishcakes of smoked Bluff Blue Cod, pea & tarragon puree, remoulade
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HOKEY POKEY $8.00
- A scoop of our homemade classic Kiwi ice-cream with plenty of crunchy honeycombs
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Prawn $19.50
- 4 prawn skewers w your choice of garlic or sweet chilli served on a fresh salad
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Chicken & bacon L $21.5 / S $16.5
- With capsicum, cheese and apricot sauce
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Pasta $19.50
- See our blackboard for the pasta of the week
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Breads and spreads $16.00
- An asoortment of delicious locally hand made breads and tasty spreads
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Garlic bread $6.50
- A multi pull apart loaf smothered in garlic herb butter, perfect to share
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Soup w bread $12.00
- A bowl of steaming hot goodness! See our blackboard to choose
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Salad bowl $6.00
- A bowl of fresh salas w a light dressing
- check out blackboards for specials and desserts
Federal Diner
Phone
034435152
Opened hours
Monday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Thursday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Friday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Saturday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Sunday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Price
$30 - $50
Type
None
Service
Table Service
Cuisine
Cafe Food , Contemporary , Gluten Free , New Zealand , Vegan , Vegetarian
Features
Wheelchair accessible , Reservations , Breakfast , Waitstaff , Takeout , Bar Not Available , Lunch , Seating , Highchairs Available , No Takeaway , Free Wifi , Local cuisine , Serves Alcohol , Dinner , Child-friendly , Outdoor Seating